University of Minnesota
Mathematics

Mathematics Seminars for the week of April 7, 2003


Colloquium

Thursday, 3:30, in VinH 16

Professor Martin Groetschel
of Technische Universitat, Berlin
will speak on
"The future publication landscape seen from a mathematicians point of view"

[ abstract and slides ]

Monday

Optimization Seminar: at 11:00 in LindH 409
... Will not meet this week
Student Topology: at 2:30 in VinH 113
Mr. MIchael Williams will speak on "An introduction to 4-manifold topology"
Commutative Algebra/Algebraic Geometry: at 3:30 in VinH 364
... Will not meet this week
Dynamical Systems: at 3:30 in VinH 570
Professor Marek Fila from Comenius University will speak on "Convergence to a singular equilibrium of a semilinear parabolic problem"
Real Analysis [Gene Fabes 1937--1997]: at 4:30 in VinH 207
Professor Vladimir Kryzhniy will speak on "Inversion of real-valued Laplace transforms"

Tuesday

IMA Postdoc Seminar: at 11:15 in LindH 409
... Will not meet this week
Junior Colloquium: at 3:30 in VinH 570
Professor Jay Goldman will speak on "Title: to be announced"

Wednesday

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: at 12:00 in LindH 409
... Will not meet this week
Algebra, Geometry, and Physics: at 3:30 in VinH 209
... Will not meet this week
P.D.E.: at 3:35 in VinH 207
Professor M. Carme Calderer will speak on "Phase transition and switches: a mathematical approach"

Thursday

Solving Systems of Polynomial Equations: at 10:10 in VinH 203B
Professor Rick Moeckel will speak on "Bernstein's theorem, II"
Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis: at 11:15 in VinH 570
Professor Tim Elston from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill will speak on "Title: to be announced"
Differential Geometry: at 2:20 in VinH 570
Dr. Shu-Yu Hsu from University of Minnesota will speak on "Removable singularities and some new solutions for the Ricci flow equation"
Lie Theory: at 2:30 in VinH 313
Professor Paul Garrett will speak on "Hecke algebras from Bruhat decompositions, spherical or affine"
Colloquium: at 3:35 in VinH 16
Professor Martin Groetschel from Technische Universitat, Berlin will speak on "The future publication landscape seen from a mathematicians point of view" [ abstract and slides ]

Friday

IMA/MCIM Industrial Problems Seminar: at 10:10 in VinH 570
... Will not meet this week
Topology: at 2:30 in VinH 207
... To be announced
Probability: at 2:30 in VinH 211
Mr. Jianfeng Zhang will speak on "$L^2$ modulus regularity and numerical methods for backward SDEs"
Combinatorics: at 3:35 in VinH 207
Professor Dennis White will speak on "Mahonian Z statistics"
Automorphic Forms and L-Functions: at 4:30 in VinH 364
... Will not meet this week

Professor Marek Fila, Comenius University, Bratislava will be visiting the Mathematics Department March 29-April 12, 2003. His visit is sponsored by the Visitors Program. During his visit, Professor Fila's office will be Vincent Hall 220; his phone number is 625-4557.

Professor Victor Pliss, St. Petersburg University, will visit the Mathematics Department for one month beginning April 1, 2003. His visit will be partially supported by the Visitors Program. During his stay, Professor Pliss' office will be Vincent 235; you can reach him by phone at 625-1858.

Professor Christopher Sogge, Johns Hopkins University, will be visiting the Mathematics Department April 6-21, 2003. His visit is sponsored by the Ordway Endowment. Professor Sogge's office will be Vincent Hall 260 and you can reach him by phone at 625-2036. Professor Sogge will return on April 24 and will visit the department again through May 7, 2003.

There will be a tutorial workshop on Network Management and Design April 6, 2003 see http://www.ima.umn.edu/optimization/spring/t4.html for further information. Another workshop on Network Management and Design, April 7-11, 2003,see http://www.ima.umn.edu/optimization/spring/op6.html


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